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GEORGE FINN AND ARTHUR Patented April 11, 1905.

SELDON PIKE, OF WELLINGTON, NEVlly ZEALAND.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,888, dated April 11, 1905.

l Application filed December 22, 1904. Serial No. 237,928.

Be it known that we, GEORGE FINN, residing at'11 McFarlane street, and ARTHUR SELDON PIKE, residing at168 Tinakori road, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, subjects of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a new and useful Improved Egg-Oarrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the transport and packing of eggs and provides means therefor whereby liability of breakage of the eggs is very much reduced, free circulation of air is permitted around each egg, and facility is given for eye-test inspection to ascertain the condition of each egg.

According hereto each egg is carried in an independent foliated carrier made of one piece of wire bent to form three loops, which fit around the periphery of the egg, which is supported with its major axis vertical. A ccntinuation of the wire forms a pedestal for the carrier, and the ends are'respectively secured to two battens, one upon each side of the carrier, the space between the battens being available for eye test o'f the egg by looking through the egg toward a light placed upon the other side. The peculiar manneruot` constructing and supporting the carrier gives great resiliency, any shock or jar being taken up by it, while the egg is uninjured. A plurality of the carriers are arranged in rows upon superposed shelves, the bottoms of which are made of battens, and the shelves are carried in a crate the sides of which may be formed of battens to permit the eggs being'inspected from the outside.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side perspective elevation of the carrier carrying an egg. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the egg removed. Fig. 3 is a plan. Fig. 4 is an end elevation. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a tray. Fig. 6 is a plan thereof, and Fig. 7 a side perspective elevation of a crate containing a number of trays.

Referring first to Figs.'v 1 to 4, a single piece of wire is bent at its middle to form a loop 1. The ends ofthe wire are then bent down-'l battens.

wardlyand laterally to form a curved base 2, upon which rests the end of the egg. Each part of the wire is then bent upwardly and then outwardly and downward, one part forming the loop 3 and the other part the loop 4. The wire is then continued downwardly, forming the legs 5 and 6, which are respectively bent outward near their lower ends to rest upon the battens 7 and 8,the extremities of each part of the wire being bent vertically downward pointed and` driven into the respective The wire loops forming the carrier are bent to follow approximately the periphery of the egg and spring tightly upon it, so that the carrier may be inverted or turned upon its side without danger of the egg falling out. The weight of the egg is carried forwardly of the legs, whereby great resiliencyT is obtained.

Referring now to Figs. 5, 6, and 7, a plurality of the carriers are arranged in rows upon the battens 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, which are nailed to sides 16 and 17 to form a tray, the sides having holes 18 for ventilation and inspection purposes. The carriers are placed in close proximity without fear of the eggs striking together, owing to the carriers simultaneously springing in the same direction when the trays are dropped or jarred. The trays are arranged one above the other in the crate, (shown in Fig. 7 having a front 19 and back 2O open (the sides of the tray preventing injury to the eggs) and the sides 21 and 22 formed of battens. The trays may be taken outto permit inspection of the-eggs by the eye test, the rows of eggs being inspected one afterA the vother by looking between the battens toward alight placed upon the opposite sideof the egg.l Wires 23 and 24 may be carried across the tray, if desired, to facilitate its carriage when independent of the crate. V

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent -of the United States, is-

1. A carrier for an egg consisting of a single piece of wire bent at its middle tovform an egg-supporting loop, the two parts of the wire then bent downwardly and Vlaterally to form a curved base, each part of the wire then bent in an upward curve and then curved outwardly and down to form two other eggsupporting loops, and a 'leg from eaeh of said last-mentioned loops formed by continuing the wire downwardly, with means for securing each leg to a support, at one side of said curved base, substantially as set forth.

2. For the purpose indicated, asingle piece of wire bent to forni three independent loops, each loop curved to t a portion of the peripher;7 of en egg, the wire being continued downwardly from two of said loops to forni legs at one side of the center of the device,

and battens spaced apart to which said legs are secured one leg` to eneh betten, substantially es set forth.

1n testimony whereof we have signed our names to this speeilieetion in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FINN. ARTHUR SELDON PIKE.

Titnessesz E. S. BALDWIN, E. P. ODONNELL. 

